Introduction

Empowering Businesses Through Cybersecurity Excellence

My work focuses on building trusted partnerships, delivering tailored security strategies, and driving innovation across information and application security.
About Me

Turning cybersecurity into confidence.

I’m Mohamed Sharaf, a Qualified pre-sales consultant with driving measurable business and security outcomes through end-to-end cybersecurity services Specialized in Information Security, Application Security, MSS and GRC services.

Consistently enabled sales success by designing, demonstrating, and positioning enterprise cybersecurity platforms including SIEM, EDR, NDR, Anti-Fraud, GRC, and Security Awareness solutions—supporting deal qualification, solution differentiation, and customer confidence.

Recognized for deep client engagement and consultative selling, aligning customer risk, compliance, and operational objectives with scalable security architectures that deliver tangible value.

Successfully designed and delivered cybersecurity presales training programs, enhancing presales Engineers technical depth and solution-shaping capabilities, leading to higher-quality services, solutions, stronger proposals, and more effective customer engagements.
Experiences

I build secure digital experiences through Cybersecurity that connect innovation with trust.

Innovative Solutions SA
Cybersecurity Presales consultant
Jul 2024 - Present

• Secured successful project awards by leading end-to-end responses to RFPs, RFIs, and RFQs, clearly defining scopes of work and aligning technical and financial proposals with customer needs.
• Built trusted relationships with vendors and clients across government, telecom, banking, and oil & gas sectors, supporting account growth and long-term engagement.
• Ensured effective service execution by coordinating between sales, PMO, and technical teams to maintain alignment and customer satisfaction.
• Improved engagement quality by delivering targeted enablement sessions for sales teams, strengthening their understanding of cybersecurity services and value positioning.
• Strengthened pipeline quality and execution through close collaboration with sales teams to prioritize opportunities, align technical strategies with business goals, and support consistent achievement of commercial objectives.
• Improved presales focus and efficiency by evaluating and qualifying opportunities, ensuring presales resources were concentrated on high-potential deals.

Future Technologies Company
Security Architect Presales
Sep 2023 - Jun 2024
ZINAD IT
Cybersecurity Presales Engineer
May 2021 - Sep 2023
Egyptian Armed Forces
Mandatory Military Service
Oct 2019 - Sep 2020
Oleo Misr
ERP System Administrator
Jan 2019 - Oct 2019
Runspace Center
Instructor
Apr 2018 - Jan 2019
Cisco Networking Academy
Cisco NetAcad Ambassador
2017 - 2018
Licenses & certification
May 2021

EC-Council Certified Security Analyst v10

EC-Council
May 2021

Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)

EC-Council
Apr 2021

Cyber Security Foundation Professional Certificate - CSFPC™

Certiprof
Apr 2019

Cybersecurity Specialization

University of Maryland
Apr 2021

Certified Network Defender (CND)

EC-Council
Dec 2021

Cybereason Certified Security Expert (CCSE)

Cybereason
Nov 2021

Cybereason Certified Technical Specialist (CCTS)

Cybereason
Seр 2021

Security-ArcSight Certified Presales Engineer (MFCPE)

Micro Focus Central & Eastern Europе
Jun 2021

Cybersecurity Essentials

Cisco Networking Academy
May 2021

Introduction to Cybersecurity

Cisco Networking Academy
Mar 2021

Introduction to loT

Cisco Networking Academy
Education
1
Penetratin Testing (Information Technology Institute (ITI))
Jan 2021 - May 2021
2
Cybersecurity Specialization (University of Maryland)
Jan 2019 - Jul 2019
3
Bachelor of Computers and Informations Technology, (Minufiya University)
2013 - 2018
Education

Pursuing excellence in cybersecurity through continuous learning and hands‑on experience.

Information Technology Institute (ITI)
Penetratin Testing
Jan 2021 - May 2021
University of Maryland
Cybersecurity Specialization
Jan 2019 - Jul 2019
Minufiya University
Bachelor of Computers and Informations Technology
2013 - 2018
Volunteering

Cisco Networking Academy

Cisco Networking Academy
Net Riders CCENT Skills Competition 2017

EED - Egyptian Engineering Day

EED - Egyptian Engineering Day
Participant in project Health Care System using big data and cloud computing

Activities

Projects
Team Leader Founder GRC Management TFool (Comply Guard)

• ComplyGaurd is a GRC management Tool that will aid GRC consultants in performing gap assessments against national or international regulations and risk profiling services.
• With our tool, we target small, medium, and startup businesses that do not know how to comply with standard regulations.
• We participated in WE INNOVATE hackathon at (CDIS - Egypt Cybersecurity & Data Intelligence Systems Conference & Expo).
• With our #GRC_management_tool, we competed against more than 1500 talented participants we made it to the final round, but unfortunately, we didn't win. It is not the end It is just the beginning.
• Skills: Software Engineering Practices, Software System Analysis

Honors & Awards

“ Hall of fame on inflectra website because I find, fix and securely disclose issue, Associated with Bugcrowd”

Lewis Jones
Lewis Jones
Ceo of Avade Inc

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